uniquemand,
I wrote the "youngest". Perhaps the meaning depends on point of view.
Anyway,
I consider myself a scientologist but I still think the truth is always senior or equal to scientology, that's why I like to consider every point of view possible.
I have not done the OT-levels myself, but there's one occasion I remember very clearly: When I visited a bunch of people auditing on OT VII and we were watching TV. After about half an hour the "theta space" in the room was inredible clear. Basically I had no thoughts hanging around in my head or thinking about this or that. It was just an incredible clear experience. That made a very profound impact on me and I've never experienced anything like that before or after either. From that point on I'm at least convinced that there's something called "spiritual".
Also, many gains have been reported from the levels (although I agree that Hubbard has exaggerated the wins).
Therefore this fascinates me because there are contradictions.
So:
1. The iridium correlate roughly with geological facts.
2. The shocked quartz points toward one impact, i.e. it does NOT correlate with H-bombs all over the world.
3. The fossils do NOT correlate as of this writing.
Trying to explain "away" the above could be that if just a few humanoid fossils are found from beneath the K/T-layer the next 0-50 years it could be enough of evidence for a civilization, due to acid rain dissolving bones. Hubbard claimed the confederation lasted for 20 million years and then was wiped out. Then humans came back here about 35 000 - 100 000 years ago, according to Hubbard.
And perhaps other samples of shocked quartz, higher concentrations, would be found at other places. Not very likely though since 350 K/T locations have been dug out all around the world. Or that an asteroid actually hit at Chicxulub, but that H-bombs didn't create so much shocked quartz, or that one gigantic H-bomb was dropped at Chicxulub etc.
But at this time I have to agree, the supporting evidence for OT III from a pure geological POV is not even near enough.
I can however guarantee that it can be sorted out since so many different materials and chemicals are spread out everywhere at the K/T: shocked quartz, spherules, tektites, stishovites, iridium, soot, bucky balls, clay etc that it can and will in the future be sorted out when enough is dug out.
An interesting Crime Scene Investigation from a geological point of view. there's an incredible amount of science paper on the net that examines all of this in great detail: Angles, velocities, shocked grains in different directions, azimuths etc.
